19考研英語：屠屠長難句（四十七）

1每日一句長難句
As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, "A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions: they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process...The designer and the inventor.., are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist".

2【分析】
As引導狀語從句，正如…。主句是引號部分，其中A technologist thinks about objects是主幹，that 引導定語從句。冒號後面是解釋說明。The designer and the inventor是另一句的主語，are able to assemble and manipulate是謂語，devices是賓語，in their minds是狀語，後面是定語從句修飾devices。

3【注意】
assemble and manipulate是及物動詞，賓語是devices，中間插入了一個狀語，這是考研翻譯題中重點考察現象：動賓之間的分割結構。

4【詞彙】
unambiguous 清楚的

verbal 言語的

visual 視覺的

assemble 組裝

manipulate 操作

5【參考譯文】
正如尤金·弗格森所指出的："一個技術專家思考的東西是無法簡單地用語言清晰地描述出來的。這些東西在他的思維中是通過一種視覺的、非語言表述的過程處理的……設計者和發明者……能夠在他們的腦中裝配並操作那些還不存在的裝置。"

6【明日長難句】
This development——and its strong implication for US politics and economy in years ahead——has enthroned the South as America’s most densely populated region for the first time in the history of the nation’s head counting. 

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